Artificiality synonyms

His grouping is generally very different from Garrod's, but displays as much artificiality: for instance, Nestor is referred to the family which is otherwise composed of the cockatoos.

These deal with the casuists of the Counter - Reformation in the spirit of Milton, laying especial stress on the artificiality of their methods and the laxity of their results.

The artificiality of the limit to the articulation of species was one of the points to which the downfall of Aristotle's influence was largely due.

Instead, an atmosphere of artificiality surrounds these productions, and the verses that reveal genuine poetical feeling are very few.

There is therefore a certain element of artificiality in his treatment; and this, since it is easier to copy defects than excellencies, has been perpetuated with wearisome monotony by versifiers who chose him for their model.